Grand Award to METU in “Onkolojide İz Bırakanlar Zirvesi” Project Competition

“The Regulatory Role of hNRNPA1 on microRNA Genes” project, coordinated by Prof. Ayşe Elif Erson Bensan from Biological Sciences Department, was granted the grand award in the Oncology Summit Project Competition.

Professor Ahmet Cevdet Yalçıner Received the Hamaguchi Award for His Pioneering Studies on Tsunami

Professor Ahmet Cevdet Yalçıner was granted the 2019 Hamaguchi Award, given by Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

Asst. Prof. Zöhre Kurt Awarded by The L’Oréal-UNESCO “For Women in Science”

Assistant Prof. Zöhre Kurt was awarded within the scope of the “For Women in Science” program, in cooperation with L’Oréal-UNESCO by her “Wastewater Treatment Through Sustainable Fuel Production” Project.

Two METU Alumni Received “Presidential Early Career Award” from US Government

Assoc. Dr. Ayşegül Gündüz and Assoc. Dr. Pınar Zorlutuna received the PECASE award.

METU Graduate Prof. Erol Gelenbe Awarded “Commandeur de l’Ordre National du Mérite”

Prof. Erol Gelenbe was awarded Commandeur de l’Ordre National du Mérite” (Commander of the National Order of Merit of France) by the President of France on May 29, 2019.

The Project “Data Analytics without Borders: Multi-Layered Insights for Syrian Refugee Crisis” Awarded in...

“Data Analytics Without Borders” team has received the Honorable Mention Award in the”Labor”category of the D4R-Data for Refugees Challenge.

4 TÜBA-GEBİP Awards Granted to METU

METU faculties received awards at theOutstanding Young Scientists Award Ceremony organized on December 26,2018 by the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA) as part of theOutstanding Young Scientists Award Program.

Facebook Awarded “Just a Girl”

Middle East Technical University came in second with “Kız Başına” at Spring 2018 Peer to Peer (P2P): Facebook Global Digital Challenge.